GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2015-84

HOUSE BILL 337

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of cary to authorize the town council to delegate to the city manager the authority to dispose of easements that are no longer needed by the town AND TO AUTHORIZE THE raleigh CITY COUNCIL TO DELEGATE TO THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF EASEMENTS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE city.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Charter of the Town of Cary, being S.L. 2005‑117, is amended by adding a new Article to read as follows:

"ARTICLE XI. SALE, LEASE, AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.

"Section 11.1. Disposition of Certain Property by Town Manager. (a) The Town Council may authorize the City Manager or Deputy City Manager to dispose of all the following property interests without obtaining Town Council approval for each disposition:

(1) Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, as part of an exchange for other water and sewer easements or similar interests in property.

(2) Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, when the easement or similar interest in real property is no longer needed by the Town.

(b) The provisions of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes shall not apply to the disposition of property under this section."

SECTION 1.5.(a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, the City Council may authorize the City Manager or an Assistant City Manager to dispose of all the following property interests without obtaining City Council approval for each disposition:

(1)        Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, as part of an exchange for other water and sewer easements or similar interests in property.

(2)        Water or sewer easements, or similar interests in real property, when the easement or similar interest in real property is no longer needed by the City.

SECTION 1.5.(b)  This section applies only to the City of Raleigh.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18^th day of June, 2015.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives